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Great Lakes Literacy Principles:
3. The Great Lakes influence local and regional weather and climate.5. The Great Lakes support a broad diversity of life and ecosystems.6. The Great Lakes and humans in their watersheds are inextricably interconnected.8. The Great Lakes are socially, economically, and environmentally significant to the region, the nation and the planet.

Guess that Animal!

Students will work in teams to read about an animal that lives in the St. Louis River Estuary. They will then work together to draw and name the animal that they think the description describes. This allows students to become familiar with animals that could be present around their school or homes that live in the estuary while also learning valuable lessons in team work.

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Great Lakes Literacy Principles:
1. The Great Lakes, bodies of fresh water with many features, are connected to each other and to the world ocean.4. Water makes Earth habitable; fresh water sustains life on land. :5. The Great Lakes support a broad diversity of life and ecosystems.7. Much remains to be learned about the Great Lakes.

How Do Animals Survive the Winter?

Students will learn about the different ways animals survive in the winter through reading about animal adaptations and doing class presentations about some of the animals that live in or near aquatic environments. Students will also have the opportunity to create their own animals and come up with habitats and winter adaptations for those creations.

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Great Lakes Literacy Principles:
5. The Great Lakes support a broad diversity of life and ecosystems.8. The Great Lakes are socially, economically, and environmentally significant to the region, the nation and the planet.

Keep the Water Clean!

Students will learn about different types of pollution that can be present in water, ways those types of pollution can be handled, what Areas of Concerns are, and what can be done to clean up (and keep clean) Areas of Concerns in the St. Louis River Estuary.

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Great Lakes Literacy Principles:
1. The Great Lakes, bodies of fresh water with many features, are connected to each other and to the world ocean.2. Natural forces formed the Great Lakes; the lakes continue to shape the features of their watershed.4. Water makes Earth habitable; fresh water sustains life on land. :6. The Great Lakes and humans in their watersheds are inextricably interconnected.

Lake Superior Geology Informational Text: Read and Understand!

The emphasis on reading and understanding informational texts in classrooms mirrors our efforts in science at the Lake Superior NERR. These readings are based on real scientific efforts in the Lake Superior Watershed, and include questions to check for understanding. This text on geology includes a timeline of the formation of Lake Superior.

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Great Lakes Literacy Principles:
5. The Great Lakes support a broad diversity of life and ecosystems.

Macroinvertebrate Informational Text: Read and Understand!

The emphasis on reading and understanding informational texts in classrooms mirrors our efforts in science at the Lake Superior NERR. These readings are based on real scientific efforts in the Lake Superior Watershed, and include questions to check for understanding. This short text includes pictures of commonly found aquatic macroinvertebrates.